The Journal of Space Commerce

The Journal of Space Commerce

SpaceDataHighway Reaches Laser Connection Milestone

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Tom Patton
Jul 07, 2021
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The SpaceDataHighway – the "world’s first operational optical communication system based on cutting-edge laser technology", has achieved the milestone of 50,000 successful laser connections. During the first five years of routine operations these successful connections have downloaded more than 3.0 Petabytes of data and have a service availability rate …

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